Edward jungeeman



(No Model.)

B. JUNGERMAN.

AUTOMATIC WINDING REMINDER FOR OLOUKS.

No. 297,694. Patented Apr. 29, 1884. FW-J.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @Tmcn.

ED\VARD JUNGERMAN, OF FORT SUPPLY, INDIAN TERRITORY.

-AUTOMATIC WINDING-REMINDER FOR CLOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,694, dated April 29, 188%.

Application filed May '7, 1888. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD JUNGERMAN,

of Fort Supply, in the Indian Territory, have invented a new and useful Automatic Winding-Reminder for Clocks which Derive their Motive Power from \Veights, of which the following is a'full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to give at least from one to twelve hours notice (before the weight has reached the bottom and the clock has ceased to run) that the clock requires to be wound. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front view of the entire apparatus, also showing the clock-weight.

The details of construction are hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of.

reference indicate corresponding parts in all the drawings. 7

A is a rod of steel, or may be made of any other metal, and is preferably made of one piece and bent to its proper shape, beginning at the point H and ending at the point D, the point D being bent outward at right angles with the rod A just sufficient to catch the bar B when the rod A descends. The point E is a small projection soldered or fastened onto the bar or rod A at right angles, being in all respects the same as the bentpoint D, only being soldered or fastened on the bar A so that when the clock is wound up, or the automatic reminder is in its normal condition, it shall be underneath the bar B. The bar B commences at the point Q, having a rivethole and working on a rivet at O, and continues to F, whereit is bent at right angles sufficiently to catch a slight projection, G,

soldered on the bar A; or a shoulder may befiled in the bar A itself.

The point IV represents a pin driven into the back wood-work of the clock, and is designed to prevent the bar B from falling any lower than the said pin W1 H represents the upper end of bar or rod A, bent sufficiently at right angles to permit the weight to raise it as it ascends.

I represents a piece of zinc, or preferably the same metal of which clock-dials are at present manufactured, whichis attached to the bar or rod A at the points K and L. The upper three-eighths of this piece I bears on it the words, Please wind me up, or other words to the same effect, the lower five-eighths remaining preferably blank, though the firm s name or any name may be placed there, if desired. At the points M and N on the bar A the bar A is bent outward, so as to bring the sign I squarely against the back of the dial above the center and between the 'hours ten and two, as usually designated on clockdials, where a space is to be cut out of the dial, which will be replaced by the piece I, be-

fore described. If necessary, a groove may be soldered on the back of the dial, in which the right end of the sign I can traverse. J represents the lefthand side of the clock-case, and O the bottom of the same. P represents the clock-weight.

Fig. 2 is atop view of thebar or rod B. The point Q projects just far enough to allow the weightto catch it well in its descent. At the point F it is bent inward at right angles sufficiently to catch under the projection G on the bar A.

O is the rivet-hole.

Fig. 8 represents an ordinary rivet, having a shoulder at the points S and T, which is in tended to hold the bar B in its place on the rivet. The head of the rivet is designed to screw into the body of the same, thus securely holding the bar B in its proper position, the rivet to be so constructed as to hold the bar B forward sufficiently to easily allow it to pass in front of the rod or bar A between the points D and E.

The apparatus just described works in the following manner: The clock being wound up, the inscription Please wind me up is out of sight behind the upper portion of the dial. The weight in its descent reaches the point Q of the bar or rod B, which, working on a rivet at O, is pressed downward and raises the rod A slightly until the bar B has been sufliciently depressed to release the catch G on the rod A at the end B of the bar B. The instant this release is effected the rod A drops to the bottom of the clock-case, and the inscription Please wind me up on the piece I at once appears on the face of the dial, oo-

cupying the same position previously occupied by the blank portion of the same piece, I. The point D of the red A in its descent strikes the bar 13 and carries and holds it out of the way of the weight until the clock is rewound. \Vhen the clock is being wound up and the weight is nearing the top of the clockcase, it encounters the point II of the rod or bar A, and naturally raises the whole rod or bar with it, thus again placing the inscription Pleasewind me up out of sight, and allowing the aforementioned blank space to occupy its stead. As the rod or bar A is raised, the pressure of the point D is released from the bar 13, and by the upward pressure of the point E the bar B is placed back in its horizontal position, allowance being made to have the weight raise the rod or bar A sufficiently to allow the point It to resume its proper po sition beneath the catch G on the bar or rod A before the descent of the weight begins, so that when the weight has slightly descended from the top of the case the catch G on the bar or rod A will rest upon the point B of the bar B in readiness to be released when the weight encounters the bar or rod B in its descent. There being many diii'erent styles of weightclocks, the apparatus must be constructed to suit the length of each particular design. It is claimed to work satisfactorily on any weight-clock when properly adjusted to the length or height of the clock.

In the description above given, the apparatus is designed to work on the back of the clock-case, being held in its place and running inside of small steel staples fastened over the bar or red A at proper distances. If desired, the whole apparatus can by the use of wooden blocks be easily brought forward sufficiently to do away with the points M and N on the bar or red A, so as to allow of the fastening of the piece I on the bar or red A without any forward bends. Knowing the distance which the weight traverses in any given time, the apparatus can be adjusted so as to give the warning at any number of stated hours by simply placing the bar 13 at the proper distance from the bottom of the clock-case.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clock the mechanism whereof is operated by the descent of a weight, the combi nation of a movable sign bearing the inscription Please wind me up, or its equivalent, with a suitable opening in the dial or case of the clock, and with supporting devices for the sign so arranged relatively to the weight that the latter causes the sign to be moved so as to expose the inscription when it is run down, and to move the inscription out of sight when it is run up, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

-2. In a clock the mechanism whereof is actuated by a weight, the combination, with the weight P, of the pivoted bar B, the vertically-sliding red A, and the movable sign I, the whole arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

3. In a clock the mechanism whereof" is actuated by a weight, the bar A, bearing signal I, and having bent extension H, catch G, and points I) E, and the bar B, the whole arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

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